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<p>I seem to remember this being a Donald Richie quote. It certainly is the kind of thing Richie would have said, although I can't remember the source.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 11 September 2017 10:04:16<br>
<b>To:</b> kinejapan@lists.osu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [KineJapan] "Why do Japanese actresses give such good performances?"</font>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm wondering if anyone might be able to help me out by identifying a puzzling sourceless quotation that I
might like to use in an article introducing a forthcoming season of films about Japanese actresses at the British Film Institute.</span></div>
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The quotation, as I remember it, is that either a famous Japanese actress, or a famous director, was asked something along of the lines of: "Why are Japanese actresses so good?" And the reply was something like, "Because Japanese women have to spend their whole
lives acting." Several people I've talked to confirm that they think they've heard the line, but no one can remember where it comes from and where it's cited. I felt pretty sure that it was in one of the older books, e.g., an early Richie or a Mellen, but
the closest I've found either googling or looking through my library is Ian Buruma, but he's making a general comment about Japanese society, not specifically about women, and it's his own point, not something ascribed to a Japanese commentator.</span><br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;white-space:pre-wrap">It would be especially interesting if it had been an actress who had come out with the line - less interesting
if I'm misremembering and it was a foreign critic who said it.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:15.36px;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks in advance for any leads,</span></div>
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